DeCS

Descriptor English:

Variola virus

Descriptor Spanish:

Virus de la Viruela

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	virus de la viruela
Entry term(s)	Poxvirus variolae
Scope note:	Especie de ORTHOPOXVIRUS que produce infecciones en los seres humanos. No se han registrado infecciones desde 1977. Hoy en día se cree que el virus está prácticamente extinto.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Vírus da Varíola

Descriptor French:

Virus de la variole

Entry term(s):

Poxvirus variolae
Smallpox virus
Variola virus

Tree number(s):

B04.280.650.160.650.930

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012901

Scope note:

A species of ORTHOPOXVIRUS causing infections in humans. No infections have been reported since 1977 and the virus is now believed to be virtually extinct.

Annotation:

infection = SMALLPOX

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure

DeCS ID:

13282

Unique ID:

D012901

NLM Classification:

QW 165.5.P6

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1994/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01